Archive: Events
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50 years after Michael Harrington's The Other America: Where is the War on Poverty?
In 1962, Michael Harrington’s The Other America became a catalyst for “The War on Poverty,” leading to the later establishment of Medicare, Medicaid, and other social security benefits. Using archival footage and interviews with diverse thinkers, Michael Harrington and Today’s Other America: Corporate Power and Inequality (1999) chronicles the life of Harrington and the relevance of his ideas in modern America.
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50 Years After Michael Harrington's The Other America
Fifty years after the publication of The Other America, Michael Harrington’s groundbreaking study of poverty in the United States, a panel of progressive thinkers will discuss the persistence of poverty and the continuing relevance of Harrington’s ideas to today.
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KI Research Director Jennifer Luff Discusses New Book
On September 28, 2012, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a book discussion featuring KI research director Jennifer Luff, author of Commonsense Anticommunism: Labor and Civil Liberties between the World Wars. Published in May 2012, Commonsense Anticommunism is an account of the American Federation of Labor’s post-WWI efforts to combat communism while trying to simultaneously defend workers’ civil liberties and right to organize.
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Reception for Alianza Campesina
The Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a reception welcoming Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, a national network founded to advocate for the rights of farmworker women.
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Commonsense Anticommunism: Labor and Civil Liberties between the World Wars
KI research director Jennifer Luff discussed her new book Commonsense Anticommunism: Labor and Civil Liberties between the World Wars.
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KI Hosts Discussion with Labor Leaders from Bangladesh
On September 20, 2012, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a discussion with Kalpona Akter and Babul Akhter, leaders of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity. The event was co-sponsored by the Workers Rights Consortium and the International Labor Rights Forum.
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These Jobs Are Killing Us: The Murder of Aminul Islam and the Growing Labor Rights Crisis in Bangladesh
Kalpona Akter and Babul Akhter, leaders of the Bangladesh Center for Solidarity, discussed the murder of labor leader and union organizer Aminul Islam and the struggles of labor rights advocates in a country where garment workers earn less than $40 per month and face deadly health and safety risks making clothes for American retailers.
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Caring for America: A Dialogue on Justice, Dignity, and Health Care Policy
Acclaimed scholars Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein examined the issue of health care in America by focusing on the neglected history of workers who provide that care.
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Labor Lab Series
In the 2011-2012 academic year, the Kalmanovitz Initiative’s Labor Lab series brought scholars, writers, activists, and artists to campus for eight events with a combined audience of over 1,000 interested faculty, students, and community members attending.
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Caring for America: A Dialogue on Justice, Dignity, and Health Care Policy
The future of health care looms large in American politics this election season. In their new book, Caring for America, acclaimed scholars Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein examine this issue with acute clarity by focusing on the neglected history of workers who provide that care. They argue that care is a basic right for all and that care workers deserve a living wage. Hear them discuss their new book Caring for America with a leading labor lawyer and a scholar of women’s labor.
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